[wisb] Counting ducks

From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>

To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:14:10 -0800 (PST)

I spent some time out in the raw wind on Milwaukee's Bradford Beach today,
practicing my duck counting skills. I walked the length of the beach several
times, and spent some time on the upper deck of the Bradford Beach snack bar
for a different vantage point.
I'm thinking the raft of ducks was thick enough so that there were easily 5
ducks per linear foot. The raft was maybe 800 feet long, for a total of 4,000
ducks.
This made me rethink my duck count from Monday. Monday's raft of ducks was
longer (maybe 1500 feet) and thicker. Conservatively keeping the
5-ducks-per-linear-foot measure gives me a count of 7,500 ducks on Monday.
I guess my question is: Do these numbers seem unreasonably high?
Thanks!
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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